Peat moos is a terrible substrate, in the long run it clogs the nasal cavity and renders the Jacobson organ useless, as if that’s not enough, over the years iv seen numerous cases of organ prolapsed, peat stick to hempen and hem clitoris causing irritation that leads to infection and prolapsed.



I use sphagnum moss as shown with this nesting acanthosaura, 8-10in deep is excellent, this product works very well with all tropical forest species, my second choice is oak leafs, these are accepted by most tropical lizards.



They have a huge weight advantage over dirt-sand mix, they hold humidity well and don’t promote fungus, oak in particular offers a wonderful smell that makes your husbandry pleasant, especially sins these lizards defecation is sometime smelly.



Sphagnum offers the advantage of being clean, your animals don’t tint from it like they do with oak leafs, and don’t get dirty as with peat or dirt. Any hard where store keeps sphagnum moss in the plant section.



A tip to keep your moss dry but humid, put 2in of clay pebbles on the bottom before adding the moss, the pebbles will hold water while the moss will hold moisture.





As for the hybrids ?? I don’t know, however these are closely related lizards, I don’t see why they cant produce viable offspring’s. Hybridisation of captive lizards is only desirable if it produces better looking babies, in this case all animals must be clearly tagged as hybrids, so that herper’s willing to work with pure blood know what they are getting.





Rgds



Ps. About peoples interest with acanthosaura, trust me once they see what the future hold in term of coloration and morphs, these will become the most popular lizards.

The herp scene is already bored with the bearded’s and leopard gecko, other specie are either colorless or of bizarre morphology (scinques) some are way to energy demanding (uromastyx and varanids) and others are to nervous ( basilick and hydrosaurus) acanthosaura’s are right up there in the easy to keep department, they show color posibilitys unmatched by any lizards yet, plus they have a naturally good temper.

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